Mick Jagger Biography

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As frontman and songwriter for the Rolling Stones, MICK JAGGER has thrilled audiences around the world with more than 40 albums and a lifetime of live performances. Early in 2004, the Stones' Licks concerts broke all records to become the most successful tour ever undertaken in the half-century history of rock & roll.

Running parallel to Jagger's life in the Stones, since the late 1960s, is a film career in which he has played a rich variety of roles, both on- and off-screen. He made his acting debut in “Ned Kelly,” directed by Tony Richardson (“Tom Jones,” “Look Back in Anger”), and followed that by playing opposite James Fox in the 1970 classic “Performance,” a film whose stature only increases with the passing years.

Over the years Jagger has proved his determination to avoid being typecast, with roles in a number of films, from “Freejack,” a science-fiction adventure in which he stars with Anthony Hopkins, to the WWII drama “Bent,” which features Jagger acting alongside Ian McKellen and Clive Owen. Most recently, he was seen in “The Man From Elysian Fields,” with Andy Garcia and Anjelica Huston.

In the late 1990s, Jagger formed his own production company, Jagged Films, whose first release was the widely acclaimed “Enigma.” Adapted by Tom Stoppard from Robert Harris' best-selling novel, “Enigma” stars Kate Winslet and Dougray Scott. Jagged Films currently has a number of movies in various stages of development.

“Alfie” marks Jagger's first film score, but over the years his songs have appeared on the soundtracks of such diverse films as “The Big Chill,” “Goodfellas,” “Pret a Porter,” “Full Metal Jacket,” “Austin Powers in Goldmember,” “The Royal Tenenbaums” and “Mean Streets.” Jagger has also appeared as himself in “The Rutles” and “The Simpsons.”